Women

President Harry S. Truman and first Lady Bess W. Truman attend a reception held in their honor by the Congressional Club. From left to right stand Margaret Truman, Bess Truman, President Truman, Mrs. Clifford Davis (President of the Congressional Club), and Representative Clifford Davis.

President Harry S. Truman and guests at the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Front row, left to right: unidentified man, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman, President Truman, standing are Margaret Truman, and Admiral William Leahy. Second row: Admiral Robert Dennison (standing, left); and General Robert Landry (second from left). All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, volume 8.

President Harry S. Truman and others enjoy the Army-Navy Football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Front row, left to right: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman, President Truman, Margaret Truman, and Admiral William Leahy. In the second row standing between Truman and Margaret Truman is General Robert Dennison, President Truman's Air Force Aide. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, volume 8.

Miss America 1951, Yolanda Betbeze (center), talks with Matt Connelly (right) and Representative Frank Boykin of Alabama. From the Matthew Connelly scrapbooks, Volume 6.

Miss America of 1951, Yolande Betbeze (center), meets with Presidential Appointment Secretary Matt Connelly (right). Her Congressional Representative, Frank Boykin (left), brought her to the White House. The photo is autographed by Mr. Boykin: "For Hon. Matt Connelly Sec. to Pres., Sincerely, your friend, Frank W. Boykin, M.C. Ala."

A group of girls are preparing a welcome demonstration for President Harry S. Truman upon his arrival in Washington, D. C. after a campaign tour. The demonstration is staged by the Truman-Barkley Club of Washington, D.C. Shown from left to right are Clara Chapman, Margaret Kelley, Eleanor Maddox, Frances Cameron, Judy Thompson, and Emma Lou Heinie. The donkey remains anonymous. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

Ladies relaxing under a tropical shelter at Tamarindo Beach, Guayanilla, Puerto Rico.

Two ladies on the beach in Puerto Rico. Writing on the back is difficult to read, possibly "Tamarindo" Beach in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico.

Matthew Connelly (left), Appointment Secretary to President Harry S. Truman, accepts a sack of potatoes from Senator Francis J. Myers (right), as Nina Herschner (center) looks on. Ms. Herschner is the Pennsylvania Potato Blossom Queen and from Felton, Pennsylvania.

Monday wash day in Shansi, China. Women washing in river.